This is actually only the fifth No1 for &#8216;GTA V&#8217;, which some people may find surprising given its status as fastest-selling game within a 7 day period (launch week 38/2014) and also the fact that this game has sold more units than any other in the UK (achieved in week 47/2014 after the launch of the Gen 8 versions).

Activision&#8217;s &#8216;Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare&#8217; drops to No2 (-61%) having held on to No1 for a total of 6 weeks since launch. EA&#8217;s &#8216;FIFA 15&#8217; remains No3 (-51%) with an 8 week run at No1 since launch. There are no new releases and the only other notable change is the rise of Ubisoft&#8217;s &#8216;Assassin&#8217;s Creed IV: Black Flag&#8217; from No27 to No11 (-3%) thanks to a spike in sales of the official Assassin&#8217;s Creed Kinect Unity/Black Flag Xbox One hardware bundle.

It's dropped down to £20, and still came with almost all PS4 units sold in retail last week. Next week will be the big test as the price will go back up to £30 and the bundles will stop plus there is a flood of second hand copies for cheap as well.

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It's dropped down to £20, and still came with almost all PS4 units sold in retail last week. Next week will be the big test as the price will go back up to £30 and the bundles will stop plus there is a flood of second hand copies for cheap as well.

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I really expected Dragon Age to do a lot better. It's the first real fantasy game released on this generation of hardware and it's got great reviews. It's a deeply flawed game but that has never stopped mediocre games from selling in the past. Really surprised about that, tbh.

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It's always hard to tell around this time of year which games have genuine legs and which games are just hanging around the top 20 by default of nothing coming out. I mean, I think the only PS4 retail releases this month are Saints Row IV, Dying Light, Motorcycle Club and Raven's Cry. Pretty sure it's the same on XB1, haven't heard of any exclusives coming in Jan.

I really expected Dragon Age to do a lot better. It's the first real fantasy game released on this generation of hardware and it's got great reviews. It's a deeply flawed game but that has never stopped mediocre games from selling in the past. Really surprised about that, tbh.

Sent out to die. Had such a small print run that Amazon and game.co.uk sold out, yet it didn't chart too strong in its first week, then dropped out of the charts. Absolutely no marketing, even with EA's deep pockets AND MS having a deal to market their games, neither of them decided to run a TV advert for it. Madness.

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I really expected Dragon Age to do a lot better. It's the first real fantasy game released on this generation of hardware and it's got great reviews. It's a deeply flawed game but that has never stopped mediocre games from selling in the past. Really surprised about that, tbh.

No marketing and ridiculously low production runs seem to have killed it before it had a chance. Given all the GOTY awards it won, and the fact that at the very least Skyrim shows there's a healthy fantasy market out there, I'm increasingly wondering if EA aren't deliberately trying to end the franchise for some reason.